We find ourselves in the middle.As our sociality and modes of access remain contained, border regimes and algorithmic surveillance have swiftly transformed the ebb and flow of global circulation.  With this online series #HeldApartTogether we turn to some of our artist friends and wish to sustain primary acts of reading, listening and viewing together. As Epicurus once said, “The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.” Let us stay alert and responsive, but also joyous.

EUNIC (The European Union National Institutes of Culture) has been supporting Colomboscope through its Cluster Fund since 2015. In 2019, the EUNIC Sri Lanka Cluster (Goethe-Institut, British Council & Alliance Française) together with Fold Media Collective were chosen by an international jury of arts and social enterprise experts as an innovative model for cross-cultural collaboration. Colomboscope became one of five projects from over forty applicants from different countries for.

​Established in 2019 to formalize a network of creative professionals from Sri Lanka. FOLD MEDIA COLLECTIVE, the new organizing entity for COLOMBOSCOPE, includes designers, illustrators, filmmakers and audio-visual artists who have contributed to the previous editions and wide-ranging cultural activities in Sri Lanka. This collaboration renders a further momentum to the creative economy enabling the team to professionalize their services as part of this multifaceted platform through co-creation and local ownership.